A Lion Among Men: Volume Three in the Wicked Years
Return to a darker Oz with Gregory Maguire’s bestselling adult fairy tale retelling. In A Lion Among Men, the third volume in the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling series The Wicked Years, a fuller, more complex Cowardly Lion is brought to life and gets to tell his remarkable tale. This political fantasy is a story of oppression and fear in a world gone mad with war fever—of Munchkins, Wizards, and the legacy of the Wicked Witch of the West—and especially of a gentle soul and determined survivor who is truly A Lion Among Men.
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Excellent narrator for this. He created a very believable land of Oz for me. This story is told from the perspective of the Lion, who may or may not be cowardly. It's intriguing to imagine the Oz story through new lenses and Maguire is a master of that reinvention. Sir Brr is on a quest of sorts and we accompany him to its conclusion. I confess I always get a little thrill hearing Dorothy described as an interloper.
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